Many people are buried in their homes while other members of the community try to dig them out. The video below shows one of these efforts and how men unearthed a young girl from several feet of rubble.

Syria watcher Brown Moses tweeted it last week and said: "I can't imagine anyone could watch this video of a child being rescued from a bombed building and not be affected."

The video shows a full eight minutes of frantic digging before the child is free.